The Western democracies and the Soviet Union discussed the progress of World War II and the nature of the postwar settlement
at conferences in Tehran (1943), Yalta (February 1945), and Potsdam (July-August 1945). After the war, disputes between the
Soviet Union and the Western democracies, particularly over the Soviet takeover of East European states, led Winston
Churchill to warn in 1946 that an "iron curtain" was descending through the middle of Europe. For his part, Joseph Stalin
deepened the estrangement between the United States and the Soviet Union when he asserted in 1946 that World War II
was an unavoidable and inevitable consequence of "capitalist imperialism" and implied that such a war might reoccur.
The Cold War was a period of East-West competition, tension, and conflict short of full-scale war, characterized by mutual
perceptions of hostile intention between military-political alliances or blocs. There were real wars, sometimes called "proxy wars"
because they were fought by Soviet allies rather than the USSR itself -- along with competition for influence in the Third World,
and a major superpower arms race.
After Stalin's death, East-West relations went through phases of alternating relaxation and confrontation, including a
cooperative phase during the 1960s and another, termed dtente, during the 1970s.
The author of this poster is painter Koretsky. For the first time this poster has appeared in 1954. This time began Cold war.
In USSR always looking for enemies and spies.The reprint has appeared in 2003 circulation of 500 copies on art paper(enamel-paper),
high quality and rather heavy two-side coated printing paper with smooth surface.Density of paper is 90g/m2